The family of Edgar Rice Burroughs takes three comic book companies to court over abuses of Tarzan, Deja Thoris and John Carter, while the movie industry (and Disney in particular) tries to figure out what’s going to happen to the movie ‘John Carter’ when it premieres.
Read More
A script written for the original Star Trek television series by famed science fiction writer Norman Spinrad has resurfaced after 45 years. Entitled “He Walked Among Us”, it was to have been a vehicle for a serious role for the late Milton Berle before Spinrad himself had it scuttled in 1967. Spinrad had written one other Trek script, the fan-favorite episode “The Doomsday Machine”.
Read More
We heard the news that we were going to be listed early last week, but we didn’t want to jinx it by announcing early – but this morning we checked, and sure enough, there we are!
To find us in iTunes, open the list of radio stations and go to the Ecclectic grouping. We’re there, about half way down.
Read MoreSpace:1999 may get a reboot if ITV and HDFilms have their way. They’re calling it “science fiction”. They use these words repeatedly, but we don’t think it means what they think it means.
Read More
“John Carter” is not a household name yet, like Edgar Rice Burroughs’ more famous creation, Tarzan. But he will be soon. Find out why.
Read More
